Support for tubular legs of furniture.



G. E. NEUBERTH.

SUPPORT FOR TUBULAR LEGS 0F FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1913.

v Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Inventor: W attys.

UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. NEUBERTH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR '10 UNIVERSAL CASTER& FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SUPPORT FOR TUBULAR LEGS OF FURNITURE.

Patented 0a. 6, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. Nnnnnnrn,

of Newark, New J ersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Supports for Tubular Legs of Furniture, of which thefollowing is a specification accompanied by drawings.

The invention relates to supports for tubular legs of bedsteads andother furniture, wherein the supports are provided with spring means forfrictionally retaining them to the leg.

The object of the improvement is to provide such'a support with a verysimple, effective, but inexpensive, form of spring holder, which isattached to the support in a very simple and inexpensive manner. Theinvention is, therefore, particularly applicable to temporary supportsto be applied to the legs of bedsteads in Warerooms, where it is notdesirable to apply the permanent casters, though it .will be understoodthe use of the invention is not so limited. I

In the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, the support comprises a cap for the lower end of the leg,having a rounded surface adapted to slide readily over the floors orcarpets and an inturned flange or collar adapted to fit around the lowerend of the leg and prevent lateral displacement of the cap, and a springholder which has two ears which are secured to the cap by underlying andengaging the flange or collar thereof, the spring holder having also twospring arms which extend up within and flriictlionally engage theinterior surface of t e eg.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of the preferredembodiment of the improvement applied to the tubular leg; Fig. 2 is aplan view ofthe same, showing the leg in cross-section; and Fig. '3 is aview of the spring holder detached.

In the preferred form illustrated, the support proper comprises a bottomplate 0 and an upturned and inturned flange or collar G. The bottomplate Chas a downwardlydomed portion, as shown, adapted to slide easilyover carpets or floor coveringsr The inturned flange C, surrounding andapproximately fitting the leg L, holds the su port against lateraldlsplacement, at t e same time giving a neat appearance to the foot ofthe leg.

.The spring holder B, B, 13, consists of an originally flat strip of,resilient sheet metal bent to the shape'clearly shown in the figures.This comprises a flat bottom plate B, at each end of which the strip isbent back or folded inward on itself, forming the ears B and thenupward, forming the sprin arms B, which, to facilitate theirintroductlon into the leg, may be of the cur ved outline shown, beingdivergent outward, then curving, to give a smooth convex exterioradaptedto enter easily into the leg, and then convergent inward to facilitateintroducing the ends of the arms and the'compression of the arms b beingthrust within the leg. In Figs. 1 an 2, the spring allow the ears B tobe inserted under the and directly secured to the support withoutrequiring rivets or separate fastening devices, and aflords very simplemeans for frictionally engaging the interior of the leg. I claim thefollowin v 1. In combination with a support for a tubular leg which hasa. collar adapted to fit around the foot of the leg, a spring holdertherefor comprising a strip bent inward forming two ears engagingoverhanging portions of the said collar and bent upward at two placesforming two spring arms for frictionally engaging the interior of theleg.

2. In combination with a support for a tubular leg which has a collaradapted to fit around the foot of the leg, a spring holder thereforcomprising outwardly directed ears engaging and securing the said collarand upwardly directed spring arms for frictionally engaging the interiorof the leg.

3. In combination with a. support for a tubular leg having a collar forsurrounding the leg, a spring holder therefor having members forfrictionally engaging the interior of the leg and members engaging withthe collar for securing the holder and support together when the leg israised.

4. In combination With a support for tubular legs having a collaradapted to surround the foot of the leg, a spring holder thereforresiliently and. frictionally engag- In testimony vvhereof I have signedthis specification in the presence of two. subscribing Witnesses this7th day of August,

GEORGE E. NEUBERTH.

Witnesses:

HAROLD BINNEY, A. PSCHIERER.

